Bloc Party - Silent Alarm Remixed

Bloc Party
Silent Alarm Remixed
Vice Recordings/Dim Mak
Grade: A-

Electronic, dance and hip-hop artists aren’t the only ones who can get a cool remix done now – as gloriously demonstrated on this brilliant remix of Bloc Party’s Silent Alarm full-length. While many enjoyed Bloc Party’s originally love fest, this remix makes it all worthwhile a second time. Possibly more important, the remix adds an extra layer or two of a fun fucking time that you will instantly become a fan of Bloc Party or their remixer or both or only the unique combo of the two. Among the remixers are Ladytron, Jason Clark from Pretty Girls Make Graves, Four Tet, M83, Mogwai, Death From Above 1979 and Nick Zinner of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs (when is their damn follow-up coming out!). As has been demonstrated and established by previous remix, cover and tribute albums, which tracks a certain contributor gets often affects the enjoyability of their effort; though it is not sealed. The remixes that immediately blow your mind include “Like Eating Glass (Ladytron Zapatista Mix),” “Helicopter (Whitey Version)” by NJ Whitey, Jason Clark’s “Positive Tension (Blackbox Remix),” “Banquet (Phones Disco Edit)” by Paul Epworth and possibly the best here, the ambient electronics of Engineers on “Blue Light (Engineers’ Anti-Gravity Mix),” …okay so I just named the first five remixes, “This Modern Love (Dave P. and Adam Sparkles’ Making Time Remix)” which is obviously Dave P., Adam Sparkles as well as Starkey I. and “Luno (Bloc Party vs. Death From Above 1979).” It is apparent that some of the ‘bigger names’ here, don’t stand out in at least this reviewer’s ears. Now with this remix album we can properly enjoy Bloc Party at our favorite club or mildewy shower.